Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim . |
| 2 | ‘ In any case , I have looked up the time of your flight . |
| 3 | It was the way he 'd got out the time Barry had locked him in the tractor-shed . |
| 4 | If they 're whingeing because they have n't got quite the times they hoped for , then let them complain into your shell-like ear for a change . |
| 5 | She 'd been down to Goring for Marius ' funeral , ( having found out the time by ringing Morrison at Orme Gardens ) . |
| 6 | In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question . |
| 7 | But it 's too late now , I 've frittered away the time , as usual . |
| 8 | The counsellor was conscious that Susie had said nothing , while Peter had taken up the time . |
| 9 | Yet I felt at last I had straightened out the time that had buckled when I lost all my writing . |